xii, 1812 pages ; 29 cm

Includes player statistics and team histories

Edition statement from jacket

I. The history. Pro football before the NFL / Beau Riffenburgh -- The history of the National Football League / Jack Clary -- Tools of the trade / Beau Riffenburgh -- Team histories: NFC teams / Jim J. Campbell -- Team histories: AFC teams / Ed Gruver -- Team histories: Defunct franchises / Joe Horrigan -- The road to the Super Bowl and Super Sunday / Ted Brock [and others] -- Championships & playoffs / Beau Riffenburgh -- The 25 most memorable regular season games / Jack Clary -- II. Men who made the game. The 300 greatest players plus / Bob Carroll [and others] -- The 30 greatest coaches / Jim J. Campbell and David Fischer -- Movers and shakers / Jim Gigliotti -- III. Annual awards. Pro football Hall of Fame / David Pietrusza and John Hogrogian -- Awards and honors / John Hogrogian -- All-pro selections -- The Pro Bowl / Beau Riffenburgh -- IV. Strategy: the inside game. The evolution of strategy / Kevin Lamb -- The playbook / Rick Korch -- The West coast offense / Ted Brock -- Quarterbacks: a history / Beau Riffenburgh -- What makes quarterbacks great / Beau Riffenburgh -- V. The game off the field. Blitzing the English language / Ted Brock -- The NFL on TV / Tom Barnidge -- Super Bowl commercials / Phil Barber -- Three reels and a cloud of dust / Bob Carroll and Michael Gershman -- VI. Other leagues. The early AFLs / Rick Korch -- The All-American Football Conference / Phil Barber -- The World Football League, 1974-75 / Ray Didinger -- The United States Football League / John Hogrogian -- NFL Europe / Rick Korch -- VII. The register, rosters, and leaders. The player register -- The draft / Jim J. Campbell [and others] -- Draft day surprises / Beau Riffenburgh -- Colleges that produced the pros -- Team rosters -- The annual record -- The all-time leaders -- The head coaches register / Bob Carroll, Pete Fierle, and David Neft -- VIII. Appendixes. Famous Pro football firsts / Michael Gershman -- Game scores 1920-1998 / Paul Bennett [and others] -- Football quotations / Bob Carroll and Michael Gershman -- Special teams / Ted Brock -- Life in the trenches / Phil Barber -- Quarterbacks: a history / Beau Riffenburgh -- Quarterbacks on the run / Beau Riffenburgh -- The great receivers / Beau Riffenburgh

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